SAMBA


Meaning of SAMBA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsam-bə, ˈsäm- ]

noun

Etymology: Portuguese

Date: 1885

: a Brazilian dance of African origin with a basic pattern of step-close-step-close and characterized by a dip and spring upward at each beat of the music ; also : the music for this dance

• samba intransitive verb

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.